Track appliance.



T. MANEY.

TRAOK APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 81 1910. 1,020,298.

Patehted Mar. 12,1912.

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TRACK APPLIANCE.

APPLIOATION FILED DBO. 21 1910 1,020,298. Patented Mar. 1 2, 1912.

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THOMAS MANEY, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

TRACK APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 21, 1910. Serial No. 598,524.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that- I, THOMAS Manny, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful .ln'lprovements in Track Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in track appliances, and more particularly to tie plates to be used preferably in connection with guard rails which are connected to the main rail at the required distance from the frog.

\Vhen one railway track switches or turns out from another, one of the rails of each track must cross, and in order to pass the flanges of the wheels, it is necessary to break the continuity of each rail, for which purpose a frog is used, the point of the frog being the intersection of the sides of the rail against which the wheel flanges bears. In order that the flanges of the wheels may avoid striking the point of the frog, and pass safely to the proper side, it is necessary to guard the point. This is done by means of a short section of rail of the necessary length, which is slightly curved and spiked to the ties at a fixed distance from the frog, and adjacent to the main rail opposite the frog. As each wheel passes through the throat of the frog, the guard rail engages the flanges of the wheels on the opposite end of the axle, and guides the pair through the narrow throat or flange-way of the frog. It is therefore necessary that the proper position of the guard rail must be in proper relation to the frog, so that the flange of the wheel on the main rail to which the guard rail is adjacent, will engage the guard rail and cause the flange of the wheel on the opposite end of the axle to pass through the frog. To be sure, the guard rail must have a certain relation to the main rail, so that there will be no danger of the wheel jumping the track when it is passing through the frog.

I haveprovided plates for holding the guard rail and main rail together, whereby the guard rail will be held in the proper position with respect to the frog, and additional tie plates are provided which are connected. to the rail and guard rail at the outer extremities of the guard rail. The guard rail is slightly curved toward each end from the center, therefore the tie plates which connect the guard rail at the tenninals to the main .rail, are slightly ditterent in construction from the tie plates used at or near the center of the guard rail for connecting the guard rail to the main rail and holding it in proper relation to the frog.

From constant use, the head of the guard rail will become worn, and it is therefore necessary to move the guard rail to ard the main rail, and I have made provision whereby the guard rail can be moved toward. the main rail to compensate for the wearing of the head of the guard rail.

The invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter :t'ully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the apcompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a top plan view showing my invention as applied to a guard rail, which guard rail is used in connection with a frog; Fig. 2 is an end elevation oi a tie plate used for connecting the guard rail and the main rail together at or near the center of the guard rail; Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the tie plate; Fig. i is an end elevation of a tie plate used at the terminals of the guard rail for connecting the guard rail to the main rail; Fig. a top plan view of the tie plate; Fig. 6 is a view in end elevation showing the manner of tilting the guard rail toward the main rail and disclosing means for raising the main rail to a height equal to the height of the guard rail; Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the means used for tilting or moving the guard rail with respect to the main rail compensating the wear of the guard rail; and Figs. 8 and 9 are detail views of the wedges.

13 represents the end tic plates and A the central tie plates for connecting the guard rail to the main rail. Shoulders 1 and 2 are formed on each end of the body of the plate A, and located between the two shoulders and extending transversely of the plate A is a clip -3. The inner faces of the shoulder l and the clip 3 extend in a diagonal direction, in which is received the main rail 1, whereas a straight passage is formed between the clip 3 and the shoulder 2 for the guard rail 5.

It is necessary to provide a diagonal passage between the shoulder 1 and the clip 3, for the main rail, for the reason that the guard rail 5 extends in a curved line, whereas the main rail extends in a straight line,

The clip 3 is provided with a hooked end which engages the base flange of the guard rail for holding it in position. An inclined opening 6 is provided in the shoulder 2, through which the screw spike 7 extends for fastening the tie plate to a tie. By inserting the spike 7 through the tie plate in an inclined position, its resistance to lateral movement is greater, and will therefore have a tendency to hold the tie plate in position upon the tie. The shoulder l is provided with staggered openings 8, through which screw spikes 9 are received, the spikes passing vertically through the tie plate, and the head of one of the spikes engaging the base flange of the main rail 4 for holding it in position upon the tie plate.

The tie plate B is provided with shoulders 10 and'll, and located between the shoulders upon the plate is a clip 12. The main rail 6 is received between the shoulder 10 and the clip 12, and the guard rail 5 is received between the clip 12 and the shoulder 11. The base flange of the guard rail is sheared along one edge, as at 13, and the sheared edge is received beneath the hooked portion of the clip 12. A tapering wedge 14-, extending through a diagonal slot 15 in shoulder 11, bears against the base flange of the guard rail for holding it in position, and screw spikes 16 pass through the shoulder 11 for holding the wedge 1a in position. Screw spikes 17 extend through the shoulder 10 for locking the main rail in position.

Each tie plate A and B is provided with a transverse groove 18, which extends along one side of the clip 8 for the reception of one edge of the base flange of the guard rail 5, to allow the guard rail to be moved or adjusted for compensating the wear of the head of the guard rail.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will be noted that the tie plates B connect the guard. rail to the main rail practically at the center of the guard rail and opposite to the narrow throat of the frog, whereas the plates A hold the free ends of the guard rail at the proper distance from the main rail. The shearing of one side of the base flange of the guard rail brings this rail into a relation with the main rail so that the flanges of the wheels will engage the guard rail and cause the flanges of the wheels on the opposite end of the axle to travel through the throat of the frog, the guard rail, of course, being arranged more particularly so that it will be located at the proper distance from the frog, for causing the flanges of the wheels to pass through the throat of the frog. The head of the guard rail will become worn from the engagement of the flanges of the wheels, and it is therefore necessary to move the guard rail closer to the main rail. The movement of the guard rail is accomplished by tilting it toward the main rail. One edge of the base flange of the guard rail will enter the groove 18 of the tie plate, and wedges 20 are inserted beneath the base flange of the guard rail. Should it be desired to move the head of the guard rail one half of an inch, then a wedge one fourth of an inch in thickness will be used beneath the rails on the plates B, and wedges of one half of an inch in thickness will be used on the plates A beneath the base flange of the guard rail. In instances where the main rail 1 is of less height than the guard-rail, a rail seat 21 is used, which is received between the base flange of the rail, the rail seat being provided with two flanges 22, which extend upwardly along the edges of the seat, and which engage the sides or edges of the base flange, and downwardly projecting flanges 28 are formed at the ends of the rail seat, which extend over the edges of the side plate for holding the rail seat in position upon the plate.

The tie plates A and B are provided on their lower sides with transverse ribs 24: and claws 25, which are adapted to be sunk into a tie in fastening the plates upon the tie.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination with a main rail and guard rail, of a plurality of tie plates for connecting the guard rail to the main rail, means on the plates for allowing the guard rail to be moved toward the main rail, and wedges received beneath the base flange of the guard rail for holding the guard rail in its moved position, the wedges for the intermediate tie plates being of less thickness than the wedges for the other tie plates.

2. The combination with a tie plate having shoulders thereon, a clip located between the shoulders, passages formed between the shoulders and the clip for a main rail and a guard rail, of a rail seat received in the main rail passage for raising the main rail to a height equal to the height of the guard rail, down-turned flanges on the rail seat engaging the base of the plate for locking the rail seat to the plate, and upturned flanges on the rail seat engaging the edges of the base flange of the main rail for holding the main rail in position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signa ture, in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS MANEY.

Witnesses HUGH B. FLEECE, DAVID E. WELLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

